Arts
AWS, News at Ten, in Church
Dong! Puffin reads in church. Dong! Puffin makes a mess of it. Dong! Puffin advised not to look at the comments. As the rules for such things changed yet again, and as such a thing [more…]
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Staycation; A Postcard From The Cairngorms (Part Two)
Following our trip on Loch Ness on the Tuesday we went into Inverness to eat and get a beer, the food (a reasonable enough burger) was passable and the beer was by Innis & Gunn, [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Twenty One
Our night of espionage, from my modest accommodations near to the notorious wall at Tangiers docks, had been cancelled. A much reduced number of comings and goings would pass unnoticed. The Gods of weather were [more…]
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My Driving Report: Year One
When I passed my driving test last year and we bought our first car on the 4th of September, I vowed to jot down – a year on – what I had learned from driving [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1997
A History of Pop Music – 1997 This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. [more…]
20th Century
The Wisdom of Charlotte: For the Love of Vinyl
I have recently finished reading David Hepworth’s “A Fabulous Creation: How the LP Saved Our Lives”. It was a very fascinating read as to how the long playing record influenced our lives as teenagers and [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 17th September 2020 Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Jonathan Ashworth (Labour) Sunetra Gupta (Epidemiologist) John Caudwell (Businessman) Nicci Gerrard (Author) Venue: Oldham Fiona Bruce beamed excitedly as she introduced the first Question Time of [more…]
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Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of establishment bullshit, left-wing screeching and me, me, me. On the panel are: business and industry minister Nadhim Zahawi, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth, [more…]
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Painting with acrylics
Despite coming from an artistic family – my parents met at art school, I first became interested in painting when Mrs W painted this to cover up some bad plastering in our new kitchen. Apparently, [more…]